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Wicked Sharp

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I just purchased a nice fixed blade Dozier recently from a relatively new seller. The seller agreed to accept a USPS money order for payment which I shipped, by priority mail, to the address provided by the seller. The PS indicates that the payment has been delivered. However, I receive a PM today from the seller indicating that the provided address was WRONG (whoops), and he/she has no idea where the payment was delivered. NOW..., I understand mistakes. I make them everyday. My question is, what is the seller's responsibility at this point??? If someone has fraudulently cashed the stolen (misplaced) money order, I doubt the PS will issue a refund. ?????what?????
 
I would guess your SOL with the seller.....I would hit the PO, IIRC you can cancel the MO if its not cashed.
 
Dumb question....but isn't the money order in a name and requires I.d. to cash it?

I'd contact the Po and see what they can do for you. Can't be the first time this happened. Good luck?
 
jbmonkey said:
Dumb question....but isn't the money order in a name and requires I.d. to cash it?

I'd contact the Po and see what they can do for you. Can't be the first time this happened. Good luck?
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That was my thought as well, tho I'm no criminal and I'm sure there's ways around this.
 
He gives you an address that HE later says is wrong and HE has no idea where the MO is??? I can tell him where the payment was delivered;-> Jeeze

The seller is , IMHO, responsible to:

1. Go to the address he gave and retrieve the MO or
2. Send you the knife that you have now purchased or
3. Send you back the amount that you lost + the priority mail cost


Best luck


Paul
 
You sent payment as instructed. Seller needs to return the payment or send the knife. I don't believe the "whoops" thing.
 
Personally I think the seller either owes you a refund or the knife, you made payment to the address the SELLER provided, the rest is on him.

Also as someone who buys and sells on Bladeforums and uses US Postal M/O's only for payment how do you go about giving out the incorrect address of where you live and want the M/O sent to ?

Sounds very strange that he would PM you AFTER the M/O was delivered informing you that he provided you with the wrong address and doesn't know where the M/O is at... the seller should know where it's at, it's at the address he provided you with, surely the seller knows where that's at.
 
Would it be possible to contact the USPS and have them cancel the payment? Say you sent it to the wrong address and see if there's anything they can do?

If not, then priority mail has tracking right? It can't hurt to ask the USPS to see if they can tell you exactly where it was delivered
 
I call SHENANIGANS!

How do you accidentally give someone the wrong address? I can understand it if you have a business and home address, but you'd still know where it would be delivered. Did he give the wrong house number? Street name? State? Post code? Was it a property that he used to live at? I can understand accidentally reversing the numbers on his house number, but if he gave you the details in an email. It would take 2 seconds for him to check what address he sent you and spot the mistake. How can he have "no idea" of where the payment went?

The scam probably goes like his: He gives you the "wrong" address (Friend's house?). He picks up the cheque, cashes it and then claims that he has no idea where it is and that he doesn't have the money.

I'd cancel that MO ASAP. If it's been cashed, then file a claim for fraud.
 
Using the services of the U.S. Postal Service to defraud another is a serious federal felony.

Forging the payee's name on a Postal Money Order is a serious federal felony.

Alert the Postal Inspectors for your area of a possible criminal act.
 
pwerfel said:
He gives you an address that HE later says is wrong and HE has no idea where the MO is??? I can tell him where the payment was delivered;-> Jeeze

The seller is , IMHO, responsible to:

1. Go to the address he gave and retrieve the MO or
2. Send you the knife that you have now purchased or
3. Send you back the amount that you lost + the priority mail cost


Best luck


Paul
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Bill Siegle said:
You sent payment as instructed. Seller needs to return the payment or send the knife. I don't believe the "whoops" thing.
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I'm going with these two.
 
I'll know more about this when the PO opens tomorrow morning, but I certainly appreciate your comments / suggestions. The first number of the address, provided by the seller, was off by four, and, if LA assigns street addresses as is typically done in other large cities..., then the delivery was off by four blocks. The seller claims that the mailing address provided does not exist, SO..., I am HOPING that the money order will be returned or find its way into the hands of an honest person. The knife was intended to be a Christmas present, and I am out a few hundred bucks.
 
You shouldn't be out anything at all. He gave you the wrong address, so he owes you a knife or a refund. You can't possibly be at fault for following his instructions.
 
Embarrassing, but I gave the wrong address once after just moving to my new home. :o

I went to the address that they shipped to on the day it was supposed to arrive and the person was nice about it.

My situation was entirely different, but I'd have taken responsibility for the mistake if that happened. Not doing so makes you a theif in my book.
 
Hopefully, the PO will be able to resolve this. The seller has acknowledged the mistake, and I have no reason, at this point, to believe it was intentional. I just hope the money order has not been stolen and cashed.
 
IMHO something just doesn't sound right.a person gives you an address and then after the money goes missing they say its the wrong address? smells mighty fishy to me.
best of luck I hope you get whats yours.
 
Wicked Sharp,

Please post who this is, He has not answered up to state his side or anything.
I would like to know who this person is so I (as well as others) can avoid this kind of crap.

Best

P
 
Contacted the PO in Los Angeles today. Spoke with a lady who was VERY concerned and HELPFUL. I am still hopeful that this can be resolved without a complete loss. I have contacted the seller AGAIN, with no response. Hopefully, the payment will be returned to me by the postal service. By the way, according to the post office, the "CORRECTED" address provided by the seller ALSO DOES NOT EXIST!!! I really don't understand this, but I will let this play out a little longer. I hope the seller will read this and do the right thing. At this point..., if the seller will send me the knife..., I will send ANOTHER PAYMENT IN THE FULL AMOUNT and let the postal service sort this out. I don't see how anything could be more fair, do you???
 
This sounds like a absolute wild goose chase. If I was you I would make an effort to get the knife wanted from a totally different person.

Two wrong address, silence rather than honest communication and knowledge of things that "haven't happened" are just a few very red flags being waved about here.......
 
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